The Center for the Arts Evergreen is a bustling place dedicated to promoting and cultivating artistic excellence and to enriching the art experience in our mountain community. Each year CAE hosts events, exhibitions, classes, arts festivals and programs. At the heart of it all are the artists who support the center through memberships, donations and volunteering. The annual CAE Members Show is a way to highlight the work of these artists who give so much of their time and of themselves to make the Center for the Arts such an amazing place.

The Evergreen Artists Association promotes the visual arts in our mountain community with art shows, member activities, scholarships, workshops, programs and the annual Evergreen Fine Arts Festival. On Friday, May 31, the EAA opened its annual member show at the Main Street Fine Art Gallery in downtown Evergreen. The show is called “Birds of Our Mountain Area,” and features artwork that was inspired by and includes reference to birds from the Evergreen area.

The Bluebell Fire that broke out in Evergreen on Monday quickly brought back difficult and disturbing memories for residents whose lives were touched by the Lower North Fork Fire south of Conifer in March 2012.
“I think people are acting pretty calm right now,” said Sharon Breunlin, who evacuated Black Mountain on Monday with her husband, Randy. “I think people will stay that way, and until we get specific news, there’s not too much to be worried about right now.”

Nancy and David Craig bought a house on Skunk Alley off Brook Forest Drive because of the fabulous view.
On Monday, their view was of flames shooting 5 to 10 feet above the trees.
The couple, who have lived in Evergreen since December, were still under an evacuation advisory on Tuesday morning because of their house’s proximity to the Bluebell Fire.
They attended the news media briefing Tuesday morning in Bergen Park to learn more and to see if there was an estimate of when they could return home. There wasn’t.